The NIH Toolbox: Overview of Development for Use with Hispanic Populations

Hispanics/Latinos are the largest and fastest-growing minority population in the United States. To facilitate appropriate outcome assessment of this expanding population, the NIH Toolbox for Assessment of Neurological and Behavioral Function® (NIH Toolbox®) was developed with particular attention pa...

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Published in:Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 2020-07, Vol.26 (6), p.567-575
Main Authors: Gershon, Richard C., Fox, Rina S., Manly, Jennifer J., Mungas, Dan M., Nowinski, Cindy J., Roney, Ellen M., Slotkin, Jerry
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chronic illnesses
Cognition
Cognition & reasoning
Culturally Competent Care - methods
Emotions
English language
Hispanic Americans
Hispanic or Latino
Humans
Language
Linguistics
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
Neuropsychological Tests
Quantitative psychology
Regular Research
Spanish language
Speaking
Translations
United States
Working groups
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Summary:Hispanics/Latinos are the largest and fastest-growing minority population in the United States. To facilitate appropriate outcome assessment of this expanding population, the NIH Toolbox for Assessment of Neurological and Behavioral Function® (NIH Toolbox®) was developed with particular attention paid to the cultural and linguistic needs of English- and Spanish-speaking Hispanics/Latinos. A Cultural Working Group ensured that all included measures were appropriate for use with Hispanics/Latinos in both English and Spanish. In addition, a Spanish Language Working Group assessed all English-language NIH Toolbox measures for translatability. Measures were translated following the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT) translation methodology for instances where language interpretation could impact scores, or a modified version thereof for more simplified translations. The Spanish versions of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery language measures (i.e., Picture Vocabulary Test, Oral Reading Recognition Test) were developed independently of their English counterparts. The Spanish-language version of the NIH Toolbox provides a much-needed set of tools that can be selected as appropriate to complement existing protocols being conducted with the growing Hispanic/Latino population in the United States.
ISSN:1355-6177
1469-7661
1469-7661
DOI:10.1017/S1355617720000028